Work support for laundry tubs



Feb. 10, 1942. E. J. JOHNSON WORK SUPPORT FOR LAUNDRY TUBS Filed June 5,1941 mvemior' Earl Aiiornqys Patented Feb. 10, 1942 u lTED 4 Claims.

My invention provides an extremely simple and highly efficient worksupport for laundry tubs and involves a wire basket and novel means forsupporting the same from the wall of the laundry tub or the like. Thebasket is provided with a novel attaching means that serves as asupporting truss for the basket and is adjustable to fit or closelyengage the walls of laundry tubs that vary greatly in thickness.Substantially the entire device is capable of being cheaply made ofsteel wire.

A commercial form of the device is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout theseveral views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a View in perspective showing the complete work support; and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1 illustrating themanner in which it is adapted to be applied to the wall of a laundrytub.

The wire basket may be made in different ways but in the approved formillustrated the basket is made up of lower approximately rectangularU-shaped wires 5, upper approximately rectangular U-shaped wires 6,transverse tie wires 1 and oblique truss wires 8. The ends of certain ofthe tie wires 1 have upturned ends I that rigidly connect the sides ofthe upper and lower wires 5 and 6; and the ends of the oblique wires 8have upturned ends 8 that connect the transverse portions of said wires5 and 6. The lower wire 5 has upturned post-forming ends 9 formed attheir upper ends with eyes or loops 9'.

Near the front portion of the basket metallic tie plates it! are rigidlyconnected to the sides of the wires 5 and 6 and rigidly connect thesame. These tie plates it! are formed with spaced perforations II.

To form the clamp or attaching means of the work support I provide abail-like clamping flange I2. This bail or flange has upturned ends withforwardly extended truss rods l3 that are passed through the eyes 9 ofthe posts 9. These truss rods l3 are obliquely extended forward alongthe sides of the basket and have laterally bent ends 14 that areinsertable through any of the perforations H of the tie plates [0. InFig. 2 the wall of the laundry tub or the like is, by dotted lines,indicated by a.

Fig. 2 clearly indicates the manner in which the work support is adaptedto be attached to the wall of the laundry tub. Obviously it should bethus secured with the rear portion of the basket, including the posts 9,closely engaged with the inner wall of the laundry tub and with theclamping bail l2 closely engaged with the outer surface of said wall.When thus engaged,

the basket will be held in a horizontal position and will not tip out ofposition. To effect the close clamping action with the laundry tub wall,

the ends of the truss rods 63 will, of course, be engaged with theproper perforations M in the tie plates If] to accomplish the abovenoted and desirable close engagement. The rods [3 obviously perform twoimportant functions, to wit, to accomplish the above desired adjustmentand to support the projecting portion of the basket quite independentlyof the permanent connection between the posts 9 and the body-formingwires of the basket.

This improved device is especially designed for use in connection withlaundry tubs, but, of course, it may be put to various other similaruses. In practice it has been found that the device can :be made atcomparatively small cost and is highly efiicient for the purposes had inview. The preferred embodiment of the invention has been described, butit will be understood that various alterations therein may be madewithin the scope of the invention herein disclosed and claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the kind described, a basket,

' truss rods slidable through upstanding rear portions of the basket andformed at the rear of the basket with depending wall-engaging means, andmeans for connecting the front ends of said truss rods to the frontportion of said basket.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 in which the front ends of saidtruss rods are attachable to the basket in different positions forwardlyand rearwardly to thereby adjust the depending clamping means of saidrods in difierent spaced relations to the rear of said basket.

3. In a device of the kind described, a wire basket having upstandingrear corner posts with eyelets at their upper ends, truss rods workingthrough the eyes of said posts and their front ends attached to thefront portion of said basket, said truss rods at their rear ends havingdepending portions forming a bail-like clamping means.

4. In a device of the kind described, a wire basket having upstandingrear corner posts with eyelets at their upper ends, tie plates appliedto the front side portions of said basket and having perforations spacedlongitudinally of the sides of the basket, oblique truss rods workingthrough the eyes of said corner posts and at their front ends havinglaterally bent ends engageable with the perforations of said tie plates,said truss rods at their rear ends having depending portions forming abail-like clamping means rigidly connecting the rear ends of said trussrods and adapted to form clamping means.

EARL J. JOHNSON.

